Ex-Goa Congress Chief Shantaram Naik dies

Former Goa Congress Chief and Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik passed away in a hospital in Margao.

Panaji: Former Goa Congress Chief and Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik passed away in a hospital in Margao on Saturday.

Pratima Coutinho, President of Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress said that the 72-year-old died of a heart attack.

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Naik, who had replaced Luizinho Falerio as the Goa Congress chief in July 2017, had resigned from his position in March this year.

He is survived by his wife, Beena, and a son. (ANI)